Comment 33 for bug 238692

OK, you are correct, I selected Windows and it didn't disconnect the drive in the second part of the install. Although after the first part, I tried to start the machine again and got the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py", line 532, in run_domain
    vm.startup()
  File "/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/domain.py", line 380, in startup
    self.vm.create()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/libvirt.py", line 262, in create
    if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainCreate() failed', dom=self)
libvirtError: internal error Timed out while reading monitor startup output

Then I tried again and, as you said, it seems to work. The second portion of the Windows install works.

I did not realize that if I did not select Windows as the OS, the CD would be disconnected (intentionally) when the machine shuts down. Why is this intentional behaviour? Seeing as we are virtualizing a machine, I don't know many machines where the CD ROM drive just disconnects itself after turning the machine off.

Although this is the case, it possible to manually reconnect the CD afterwards although it is not very user friendly.

Reconnect - Works
-Remove Device Disk hdc
-Create a new storage device (IDE CDROM) and point it to /dev/sr0

Reconnect - Does not work
-Go to hardware tab
-Click "Connect"
-Select "CD-ROM or DVD - Path to install media" (This is greyed out)

The latter will be most users first intuition.